Welcome! Posted here are new works - often before they are placed on my website - with helpful information about the new, as well as my circuitry sculpture in general. It may answer some frequently asked questions. PREVIOUS YEAR POSTINGS MAY HAVE WORKS STILL AVAILABLE, AND EARLIER 2011-2012 POSTINGS WILL HAVE INFO ON THE CIRCUITRY WORK IN GENERAL. Please direct any questions through my website contact page www.theokamecke.com. The website will reveal the availability of each work.

Friday, March 3, 2017

As promised some time ago, here are several of the new works which are currentlyavailable but may not be placed on my website until the interiors of all are ready to be photographed. (Other wallworks and chests are also in various stages of construction).

The FRONDSwallwork drew its title (also its
working title) from the very large circuits that border the top &
bottom.These circuits originated
about 40 years ago, long before miniaturization began to render them
invisible.Among the ancestors of
technology.

I don’t try to do this on purpose, but somehow when the design of a chest comes together, it often reminds me of a certain
culture past or present --Egyptian or Gothic or Chinese or Art Nouveau or African primitive…

This one felt strongly suggestive
of mid-20th century expressionist paintings.

Everything needs a name long before a title is decided:
folders for notes & plans, trays with selected circuitry, photo files,
etc.My working title for this
piece was “Buttheads” (which just popped in my head as soon as those top
circuits were placed together), but I didn’t want to refer to a TV cartoon from
some years ago.And it was hard
not to notice that one of the circuits was male and the other female. So in a moment of whimsy I picked the classical
lovers DAPHNIS & CHLOE ;Daphnis is on the right, with the penis
sticking up from the back of his neck.Never mind that the circuitry isn’t a bit gentle and romantic. It’s a machine, after all.

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Hi, friends.There haven’t been any recent postings on my blog, but that doesn’t mean
I haven’t been busy – I just haven’t had anything ready to show yet.Currently there are about 15 chests and
wall works which were designed and planned out over the past several months,
and they are in various stages of construction.For each individual piece, the hardwood form on which the
circuitry will be placed is always made to the exact size needed to accommodate
the circuitry design. Aesthetics are important, and while a painter can make adjustments as he goes, the same is not true when working with circuitry -- it won't stretch or shrink to fit an idea. It is what it is, and it's up to the artist to make all the effort involved seem to disappear, creating a piece that is not only beautiful, but feels perfectly natural and organic. That’s why a
lot of time is involved in the design phase.Within a few weeks a couple of these may be at a stage where
they can be photographed and posted on my blog.

As some of you know, my house and studio are in a rural area a good distance
from New York City.There are 5
acres, parts of which are left in a more or less natural state, but the gardens,
landscaping and lawns all need some of my time, especially in the
springtime. Since I’ve always seen technology as a newly evolving form
of nature, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that I also love the part of nature that includes the trees and birds . When I'm in the studio I work with the ancient ancestors, the
trilobites of this new form of nature, and outdoors I am with that which
has evolved a bit more slowly. If I haven’t been communicating, it’s only because there isn't much to be said until new works are posted. The website indicates which works are currently available.

It may be difficult for some to perceive this as electronic circuitry, but it is, and is ancient in terms of technology. These are truly the trilobites - the bones- of the evolution of tech. Wonderful abstract primitive art in its own right,
it was given the suitable title of one of the northwest coast Indian tribes of the U.S., reminiscent of one of their totems. The size of this wall work is about 22 x 16.

The circuitry for this small wall-work was collected many years ago from a circuit fabrication company that has long since disappeared. I've had these rare boards set aside for just such a piece. Could they be Maori tattoos, or could it be the abstract work of a contemporary American? About 16" x 16".

The design of SUTTON HOO grew outwards from the motif in the center of the top. It soon took on a look that reminded me of the hoard of Saxon treasure not long ago unearthed on a farm field in eastern England. The chest is 16" x 13" x 5"H.

The CANDELABRA chest, completed in 2015, has its name from the circuitry on the sides, and that was its working title. The design reminded me of some obscure forgotten culture that I couldn't put my finger on, but candelabra is easier, and so it keeps its working title.
The chest is 17" x 11" x 7"H

Monday, September 22, 2014

A few wall works have been roughly designed and their forms
constructed and prepared, but it may be many months before any of these are
completed.For now, the ones on the
website are all that is available.A
few newly designed chests have similarly been prepared for circuitry design,
but it will also be some time before any of these are completed.Posted (just below) are two recently
finished chests.

In my collection of circuitry is a carton of vintage circuit
boards I call “Chartres” simply because they remind me of medieval cathedral
windows.They’ve been saved aside for
use in the composition of such a chest asCHARTRES1, and possibly
another.The “windows” surround the
sides of the piece, and the top is my impression of the intricate design of
stained glass.It’s enough if the
design is intriguing, however you see it.

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

A recently completed piece which I meant to add to the website and blog a few weeks ago, but before I could get around to doing this, it was sold by a gallery, so I've just now added it to my website. For the past several months I have been very busy with all kinds of things, some having nothing to do with art. Apologies if the blog and website have not been kept completely current.

Saturday, December 14, 2013

The December 2013 / January 2014 issue of the international magazine BESPOKEcontains a six-page article on my work written by Warren Singh-Bartlett. The article is posted on my website and can be seen by clicking on the linkbelow:

Saturday, November 16, 2013

The Theo Kamecke website theokamecke.com has recently undergone a conversion from static to dynamic, making it possible to easily add new works and text, and where needed extra views of each work. While the look of the site has changed very little, it will now be possible to see from the thumbnail pages which works are available. Several new works have been added to the site, and many new images.

The switchover to the converted and renovated site will happen on or before November 22. Below is a sampling of some of the new works added.